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Collection Explores Writing as Revolutionary Activismnew

Spanning over a quarter century of conflict in the Middle East, and forwarding the voices of sixty poets from multiple nations, this collection offers an intricate understanding of what it means to resist, to give birth to change, to create meaning out of astonishing political chaos and violence
Artvoice  |  Heather Bidell  |  02-08-2008  |  Poetry

X.J. Kennedy's Latest Disappointsnew

While the usual X.J. Kennedy suspects—rhyme-and-meter mastery; a playful, often sardonic personality—thrive throughout, Peeping Tom's Cabin suffers from lethargy of theme.
Artvoice  |  Laura Polley  |  01-31-2008  |  Poetry

'American Poets in the 21st Century': The New Poeticsnew

With apocryphal proclamations ("poetry is dead") being as common as formal innovations, the task of understanding where today's poetry fits in literary history and who is writing it is incredibly loaded.
Artvoice  |  Kate Soto  |  01-25-2008  |  Poetry

'The Book of Ocean': An Odyssey of Imaginationnew

Larkin's first book is a prism of paradox, a poetry aware of its own disguise.
Artvoice  |  Laura Polley  |  07-27-2007  |  Poetry

Dorn Has an Unique and Complex Vision of Americanew

Too much poetry focuses on the beautiful, the lyrical, the sublime moments of our lives -- though you'll find all this in Edward Dorn, you'll just as often find political invective, sharp satire and a critical wit.
Artvoice  |  Ben Lyle Bedard  |  07-13-2007  |  Poetry

'Vermeer's Light': Sound Often Dominates Over Sensenew

Bowering, the first Canadian poet laureate, delights in language and in word-play.
Artvoice  |  Linda Benninghoff  |  06-01-2007  |  Poetry

'A Building With Eyes'new

DaZE's most insistent concern is its days: the daily news, the daily grind, the details of war and weird science that enter our lives on a daily basis.
Artvoice  |  Victoria Brockmeier  |  03-05-2007  |  Poetry

Between Despair and Possibilitynew

Byrne puts into dialogue the 2003 invasion of Iraq -- as experienced through the mediation of headlines and news stories.
Artvoice  |  Rosa Alcala  |  01-16-2007  |  Poetry

The Populist Poetnew

Pomerhn's third book is a guided tour through the crumbling American mindscape.
Artvoice  |  Brian McMahon  |  01-05-2007  |  Poetry

Neither Prescriptive nor Naivenew

Cairns crafts poems of faith in an age when readers are liable to greet the subject with cynicism.
Artvoice  |  Tony Leuzzi  |  12-22-2006  |  Poetry

Reasserting the Power of Creeley's Versenew

Why has a poet with such depth of feeling, technical virtuosity and an oft-imitated style elicited such a critical backlash? Most of it has nothing to do with the work itself.
Artvoice  |  Michael Kelleher  |  10-13-2006  |  Poetry

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